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Florida has no minimum age of court jurisdiction. Neither does the federal government:
> The minimum age of court jurisdiction refers to the youngest age a child can be held responsible criminally for an offense.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2023/02/07/florida-shows-h...
> The minimum age of court jurisdiction refers to the youngest age a child can be held responsible criminally for an offense.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2023/02/07/florida-shows-h...
Hope parents of this child also face civil charges from school districts, parents, and other impacted entities.
How can people be so oblivious to their child’s actions?
How can people be so oblivious to their child’s actions?
What will charging the parents achieve?
Encouragement to actively parent.
Educate other absent parents.
I'm not trying to relativize, but if an 11 year old can do such mess with a "two-way communication device", then there is a problem with many other things involved.
Yes, exactly. None of us, much less an 11 year old, should have the power to send a small armed militia to go raid someone's home. While calling and false reporting is a serious part of the problem, I think the larger problem is such a police response being commonplace. I can't think of the last time I heard of such a police response actually stopping something heinous from happening, I'm sure it has but I'd be willing to bet the botched operations combined with these swatting calls have done more damage than any good that has come of it.
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> The name of the 11-year-old has been released but Gizmodo is opting not to share it. The decision to do a bunch of swatting calls was dumb and incredibly dangerous and hopefully, this kid eventually learns his lesson. But he’s still young and here’s hoping this doesn’t ruin his life in ways that he can never bounce back from, though he does face very serious charges.
Gotta love that irony.